Tomas Kurka was born December 14, 1981 in Most, Czech Republic. The first choice, 32nd overall selection of the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, Kurka played for Litinov in the Czech League before making his North American debut in 1999-2000 with the OHL's Plymouth Whalers.

An offensively gifted player, Kurka spent two seasons in the OHL with the Whalers scoring 51 goals and 57 assists for 108 points in 111 games before joining the AHL's Lowell Lock Monsters in 2001-02. Kurka went on to play parts of two seasons with Lowell before making his NHL debut with the Hurricanes during the 2002-03 season. In 14 games with the Canes, Kurka scored five points (3-2-5).

In 2003-04, Kurka continued to hone his skills in the AHL while seeing limited action in Carolina.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1996-97

HC Chemopetrol Litvinov Jr.

CzRep-Jr.

38

25

20

45

20

1997-98

HC Chemopetrol Litvinov Jr.

CzRep-Jr.

44

38

23

61

90

1998-99

HC Chemopetrol Litvinov Jr.

CzRep-Jr.

42

23

16

39

47

1998-99

HC Chemopetrol Litvinov

CzRep

6

0

0

0

0

1998-99

Czech Republic

WJ18-A

7

4

1

5

4

1999-00

Plymouth Whalers

OHL

64

36

28

64

37

17

7

6

13

6

2000-01

Plymouth Whalers

OHL

47

15

29

44

20

+7

16

8

13

21

13

2001-02

Lowell Lock Monsters

AHL

71

13

15

28

24

+13

5

1

1

2

2

2002-03

Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

14

3

2

5

2

+1

2002-03

Lowell Lock Monsters

AHL

61

17

12

29

10

-32

2003-04

Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

3

0

0

0

0

0

2003-04

Lowell Lock Monsters

AHL

55

6

26

32

14

-7

2004-05

HC Chemopetrol Litvinov

CzRep

29

1

5

6

6

2004-05

Providence Bruins

AHL

40

8

3

11

4

0

17

4

4

8

13

2005-06

KalPa Kuopio

Finland

56

23

11

34

20

2005-06

HC Fribourg-Gotteron

Swiss-Q

3

1

2

3

0

2005-06

HC Fribourg-Gotteron

Swiss

2

0

1

1

2

2006-07

Ilves Tampere

Finland

20

2

6

8

6

2006-07

KalPa Kuopio

Finland

18

3

4

7

8

2007-08

HC Mountfield Ceske Budejovice

CzRep

52

19

15

34

20

8

2

2

4

2

2008-09

HC Mountfield Ceske Budejovice

CzRep

56

18

14

32

22

2009-10

HC Mountfield Ceske Budejovice

CzRep

12

7

5

12

4

2009-10

HC Slavia Praha

CzRep

31

17

12

29

31

16

7

11

18

27

2010-11

HC Sparta Praha

CzRep

38

4

8

12

12

2010-11

HC Eaton Pardubice

CzRep

7

0

2

2

2

9

0

1

1

4

2011-12

HC Ocelari Trinec

CzRep

7

2

3

5

0

5

1

2

3

2

2011-12

HC Slavia Praha

CzRep

43

13

8

21

30

2012-13

Krefeld Pinguine

Germany

9

2

2

4

0

9

1

4

5

2

NHL Totals

17

3

2

5

2

Signed as a free agent by Litvinov (CzRep), September 25, 2004. Signed as a free agent by Providence (AHL), December 13, 2004. Signed as a free agent by KalPa (Finland-2), August 27, 2005.